My kids started their fall break on Friday which had me itching to leave the heat in Arizona. Originally we had no plans to go anywhere, until I decided on a whim to pack the car and kids and head over to California. How could you pass up a 4 hour drive to visit friends and family??
Knowing that Doug had to work I decided to head over and visit our long lost neighbors, the Palmers. She was a saint to taking us in since I only gave her a 24 hour notice that we would be crashing at their house. The trip is pretty UGLY, much like West Texas, but once you get close to Palm Springs, the mountains are so pretty! This area of the drive marks that we are only about 30 minutes from Redlands. I am always amazed at all of the power fans on teh hillside.
I haven't seen Chanel in a few years, so it's fun to be able to physically have a conversation in person rather than over the phone or the internet. We pulled in right as her girls got home from school. Due to the odd warm temperatures they were able to pull off going swimming. It may have been hot outside, but the pool was freezing in my book.
It was comical to me to see how much stuff we had for such a small pool. I think with my kids and Chanel's combined we pretty much filled it up.
It didn't take the kids long to settling in and playing just like old times. Weston was a little timid at first and then he met, Opal. He discovered that they had a dog just his size. He lugged that poor little dog around like a rag doll. He was seriously in dog heaven.
Weston and Opal
My kids started their fall break on Friday which had me itching to leave the heat in Arizona. Originally we had no plans to go anywhere, until I decided on a whim to pack the car and kids and head over to California. How could you pass up a 4 hour drive to visit friends and family??
Knowing that Doug had to work I decided to head over and visit our long lost neighbors, the Palmers. She was a saint to taking us in since I only gave her a 24 hour notice that we would be crashing at their house. The trip is pretty UGLY, much like West Texas, but once you get close to Palm Springs, the mountains are so pretty! This area of the drive marks that we are only about 30 minutes from Redlands. I am always amazed at all of the power fans on teh hillside.
I haven't seen Chanel in a few years, so it's fun to be able to physically have a conversation in person rather than over the phone or the internet. We pulled in right as her girls got home from school. Due to the odd warm temperatures they were able to pull off going swimming. It may have been hot outside, but the pool was freezing in my book.
It was comical to me to see how much stuff we had for such a small pool. I think with my kids and Chanel's combined we pretty much filled it up.
It didn't take the kids long to settling in and playing just like old times. Weston was a little timid at first and then he met, Opal. He discovered that they had a dog just his size. He lugged that poor little dog around like a rag doll. He was seriously in dog heaven.
Weston and Opal
